Huntsville & Houston, TX  /  AI Advisor Retainer

An engineer as your AI person, for a flat monthly fee.

I spent twelve years running chemical plants and permits. Now I build the AI that answers phones, writes reports, and runs a CRM, one workflow at a time, on a retainer you can read in one page.

Less than a part-time office manager. No payroll. Cancel with 30 days notice.

What you get

Three ways to have an AI person on the team, without the payroll.

Pick a tier by how much you want off your plate. All three run on client-owned AI accounts, with hours capped and written on the agreement.

STEP ONE $500 ONE-TIME

Front Office AI Audit

$500One time

Ninety minutes at your office or on Zoom. I watch how quotes, intake, scheduling, follow-ups, and paperwork move through your team.

  • Leaves a one-page plan the same day
  • Sets up three quick wins live, on the spot
  • Credited to month one if you sign within 14 days
MONTHLY $750 / MO

AI Advisor

$750Per month

Two 60-minute working sessions a month and one workflow shipped every month.

  • Questions answered within one business day
  • A quarterly session with your staff
  • About 5 hours of my time a month
  • Three-month minimum, then month to month

Need more than the retainer covers? Build sprints, an AI receptionist, custom intake tools, or document pipelines, are quoted separately at Lonestar's standard rate.

How month one goes

Four steps. Something real by week one.

01AUDIT DAY

Audit day

I sit with your team for the 90-minute audit and leave a one-page plan before I walk out.

02SAME DAY

Three quick wins

Same day, I set up three fixes live. No proposal to wait on.

03WEEK ONE

AI use policy

Within the first week you get a one-page policy your staff can actually follow.

04MONTH ONE

First shipped workflow

By the end of month one, one real workflow is running for your team, not a pilot.

Who this is for

Locally owned businesses, office work in the mix.

  • Law and CPA or bookkeeping practices
  • Independent insurance and wealth management
  • Title, real estate, and property management
  • Staffing and marketing agencies
  • Civil engineering and surveying firms
  • Home builders and trades with an office team
  • Dental, PT, vet, med spa, and home health (BAA-covered tools only)
  • Logistics, equipment rental, dealers, and credit unions
Proof

Public, working, and still online. Check it yourself.

Everything below is live today. Call the numbers, click the links.

Call a live AI receptionist: Sam  (737) 770-7341 · Josie  (737) 249-2866

Sample Front Office AI Audit

The exact leave-behind you get after the $500 audit, worked on a fictional 30-person Conroe insurance agency.

lonestarlabs.io

The home site for this business, with live AI demo lines you can call today.

Trade demo pages

Five trade-specific demo pages, each with its own callable AI receptionist.

etherstead.xyz

A cinematic scroll website built for my own channel. The same style works for a builder, a brokerage, or a resort.

youtube.com/@etherstead

My YouTube channel, filmed, edited, and posted on my own pipeline.

che0md.tech

A facility digitization and compliance platform I built as a software product.

ComplianceOS

An OSHA PSM compliance tracker with a free gap report and live Stripe billing.

try.adametherzlab.com

An API network with 47 pay-per-call endpoints built for AI agents.

DataForge

A web scraping API product.

ReportCheck

A citation audit tool that checks AI-drafted engineering reports against their source data.

PlantRisk

An OSHA and EPA enforcement scoreboard covering 640 facilities.

Land3D

A 3D land walkthrough tool built from scan data.

SeedMercado

A live seed marketplace.

AdametherzLab

The lab behind Lonestar Labs and every tool on this list.

The rules

Five things that do not move, no matter the tier.

Client-owned accounts

Every AI workspace, subscription, API account and usage balance is opened and paid for on your card, in your name. I do not use my personal or Lonestar Labs OpenAI or Anthropic usage for your work.

No data on Adam's systems

Nothing your team puts into these tools passes through or lives on my systems.

Hours written on the agreement

The hours for your tier are capped and written down, not billed by the clock.

No savings guarantees

I will not promise a percentage saved or a headcount cut. I will tell you what shipped and let the results speak.

30 days to cancel

Month to month after the three-month minimum, with 30 days notice, no long-term lock-in.

FAQ

The questions we get the most.

Is this a hire?

No. You are not adding headcount or payroll. This is a flat monthly retainer for a fixed number of hours, the same way you would bring in an outside CPA or attorney on retainer. No benefits, no employment paperwork, cancel with 30 days notice.

What tools does this use?

Whatever your team already has, or is willing to buy on its own card: Claude, ChatGPT, Google Workspace Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or another suitable provider. If you do not have an account, I help you set it up in your company's name before hands-on work begins. Chat subscriptions and API usage are separate provider charges and stay on your card.

What about HIPAA and privilege?

For medical and dental practices, only BAA-covered tools are used, and a business associate agreement is signed before anything touches patient data. For law and accounting clients, no client file or privileged material is copied to my systems. Client-owned accounts and no data on my systems are hard rules, not options.

What if we already use ChatGPT?

Good, that is a head start. Most of the work is turning scattered chat use into an actual workflow: a written policy, a shipped tool, and staff who know when to use it and when not to. The audit shows where the gaps are.

What happens after three months?

The Advisor and Operator retainers have a three-month minimum, then they run month to month. You keep going, step down a tier, or cancel with 30 days notice. Nothing auto-renews into a longer term.

Do you come on site?

Yes, for the $500 audit and for the quarterly or monthly staff sessions on the higher tiers. Routine working sessions run over Zoom to keep the hours efficient, but I am local to the Huntsville-to-Houston corridor and will be in your office when it matters.

Get started

Twenty minutes tells you if this fits.

No pitch deck. If it does not fit your business, I will tell you and point you somewhere that can help.

★ FOUNDER

Adam Daniels, Huntsville, Texas. Chemical engineer, twelve years in chemical plants and hazardous-waste permitting, including building and starting up a $15 million plant in Huntsville. Five years as a state regulator in California. Now a contract engineering consultant who ships working AI systems every day: phone agents, report pipelines, a CRM his own agents write to.